Improved eaeness-buckle



PETER S. CRAWFORD', OF` ROGKFORD, ILLINOIS.

Letters .PatentNa 78,364, dated May 26, 1868.

IMPROVED HARNESS-BUCKLE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCRN:

De it known that I, PETER S. CRAWFORD, of Rockford, county of Winnebago,and State of Illinois, lia-ve inventeda new and improved HalterorHarness-Buckle; and do hereby declare the following to be a fullfandexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, thereon, as a part of this specification.

Figure l represents the headstall oi' a halter constructed. by means ofmy invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective representation of my invention.

Figure 3- represents the inner or unde` side'of the same, with theaddition of another cross-bar.

Figures 4 and 5 are representations ofthe tongue.

and the letters of reference My object being to so oo nstrncta buckle,that straps approaching or crossing each other, from diffrent ldirections, may be firmly secured in a convenient and durable manner,and admit-'ol' being readil changed without damaging the same, all ofwhich desirable objects are fully attained by my` inve To enable othersskilled inthe art to-make and use vmy invention, I- will proceed todescribe and operation. i

It is a metallic buckle, the outward rim of which, marked A, g. l2, maybe of a circular or other desired form, within or on the under side ofwhich are two curved bars or bearings, C C, connected at their ends withthe outer rim o1* form A.- These curved bars or bearings are connectedne l bearing, D, or by two cross-bars, D D, as shown in fig. 3. I y

To the centre of one or more of the afor'said hars or bearings isattached a tongue, viz, tapering from the middle, say at B, iig. 4,ltoward the outer end or point, the object greater strength, with easeand facility in buckling and unbuckling straps: On this form of tonguetl not adhereorhang, as on the form nowlused. A

Having thus described my invention,'and its uses, I claim as new, anddesire to secure byLetters Patent- As an article of' manufacture, thecircular frame A, having tongue, B', of tapering form, hinged to bars CC, D, or D D, substantially as shown and set forth.

y and quickly ation. its construction ar their centres by a cross-bar orB, of peculiar form,

ieg.' will Witnesses:

Y R. E. CRAWFORD,

EDWARD C. Hess.

PETER s. CRAWFORD. [1.. s]

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